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Month: January 2020

Europe 

Prominent Europeans call for increased European de-escalation efforts in the Middle East

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign policy think-tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), published a statement on January 8 calling on European governments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz to take 20% stake in Alexandroupolis LNG terminal

January 8, 2020January 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet gave its approval on January 8 for state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz to take a 20 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls security council meeting on situation in the Middle East

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for January 9 to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for de-escalation of tensions in Iraq

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

By launching missiles at US sites, Iran has made Iraq a battlefield, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in a January

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Perspectives 

Joint Summary of Conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Bulgaria

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

This is the joint summary of the conclusions of the joint US-Bulgaria strategic dialogue: On January 8 2020, the Governments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences after Ukrainian 737 fatal crash in Tehran

January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva have expressed condolences to their Ukrainian counterparts after a Ukraine

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Bulgaria 

35 Bulgarian tour operators face delisting for lacking liability insurance

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism is starting the procedures to delete from the National Tourist Register 35 tour operator companies because

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria invites 24 firms to bid to supply drones to military in 25M leva tender

January 7, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has written to 24 companies in the country and abroad, inviting them to bid to supply

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Bulgaria 

Water crisis in Bulgaria’s Pernik leads to cancellation of mummer festival for first time in 54 years

January 7, 2020January 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Following advice from health authorities, the annual Surva Festival in Bulgaria’s Pernik has been cancelled because of the water crisis

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